<div dir="ltr"><div><h3 style="margin:14pt 0in 4pt;break-after:auto;line-height:21.4667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-weight:normal"><b style=""><span lang="EN" style="line-height:18.4px;color:black"><font size="2">Historian Dr. Alexandria Russell to Speak on Black Women’s Legacies in the American Revolution - September 18, 2025</font></span></b></h3><div>📌 <b>Cardinal Link Save the Date</b>: <a href="https://cglink.me/2us/r386967">https://cglink.me/2us/r386967</a><b style=""><span lang="EN" style="line-height:18.4px;color:black"><font size="2"></font></span></b></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_mf49exjd0" alt="alexandria russell flyer_resized.jpg" width="420" height="543" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:18.4px">PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — The Clinton County America 250 Commission, in partnership with SUNY Plattsburgh’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, will host historian Dr. Alexandria Russell for a public lecture on Thursday, September 18, at 6:30 p.m. in the Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall, at SUNY Plattsburgh.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:18.4px">Dr. Russell will discuss the legacies of Black women during the American Revolution and beyond. She is the author of <i>Black Women Legacies: Public History Sites Seen and Unseen</i> (University of Illinois Press, 2024). She recently began serving as executive director of the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail and is a non-resident W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellow at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:18.4px">In addition, Dr. Russell is founder of Black Women Legacies, a nonprofit organization that supports digitally mapping historic and contemporary memorials of Black women across the globe. She completed her undergraduate studies at the College of Charleston and earned her Ph.D. in history at the University of South Carolina. Prior to her academic career, she worked as a teacher and a Capitol Hill staffer.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:18.4px">This program is supported by the Clinton County America 250 Commission with funding from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership. The Commission is dedicated to commemorating the 250th anniversary of America through speaker series, exhibits, and more. Upcoming events will include a Battle of Valcour re-enactment in October 2026.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in;line-height:16.8667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="line-height:18.4px">This event is free and open to the public. Dr. Russell’s book is available at your local library through Clinton Essex Franklin Library Systems at </span><span lang="EN" style=""><a href="http://cefls.org/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="line-height:18.4px;color:rgb(17,85,204)">cefls.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="line-height:18.4px">. For more information, contact Connie Mandeville, 518-570-9589.</span></p></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b>KIM IRLAND </b>(she, her)<br>
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